Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 2002 (ICPSR 4428)

This collection provides annual data on jail populations
across the nation and examines the "spillover" on local jails
resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state prison
populations. These data are used to track growth in the number of
jails and their capacities nationally, changes in the demographics of
the jail population (including sex, race, and adult or juvenile
status), supervision status of persons held, prevalence of crowding
issues, and a count of non-United... (more info)

This collection provides annual data on jail populations
across the nation and examines the "spillover" on local jails
resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state prison
populations. These data are used to track growth in the number of
jails and their capacities nationally, changes in the demographics of
the jail population (including sex, race, and adult or juvenile
status), supervision status of persons held, prevalence of crowding
issues, and a count of non-United States citizens within the jail
population.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. ANNUAL SURVEY OF JAILS: JURISDICTION-LEVEL DATA, 2002. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR04428-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2006-04-05. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04428.v1

Methodology

Sample:
Based on information from the 1999 Census of Jails, a
sample of jail jurisdictions was selected for the 2002 survey. The
sample included all public and private jails in 876 selected jail
jurisdictions (in which there were a total of 940 reporting units) and
50 regional jails. The sample selection was designed to yield a
coefficient of variation of 1 percent of average daily population and
one-day inmate population. Large jails and regional jails were in the
sample with certainty.

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: